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Smoothing the surface of the cooking pot with a stick in Kon Tơ Xing village 1/2

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posted on 2025-10-31, 11:34 authored by Cécile de FrancquenCécile de Francquen
Once the bottom has a satisfying shape, Y Gah humidifies the surface with a wet rag. Then, she smooths it with a bamboo stick called “long". This operation fills the pores and smooths the irregularities of the surface.

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

K35

Rights owner

Cécile de Francquen

Title alt

Làm phẳng bề mặt nồi bằng que, ở làng Kon Tơ Xing ½

Description alt

Khi phần đáy đã có hình dạng vừa ý, Y Gah làm ẩm bề mặt bằng một chiếc giẻ ướt. Sau đó, bà ấy dùng thanh tre gọi là "long" để làm phẳng bề mặt. Hành động này xóa đi các lỗ hổng và làm phẳng các điểm không đồng đều trên bề mặt.

Cultural group

Bahnar

Participants

Y Gah

Country

Viet Nam

Place

Kon Tơ Xing, Kon Rẫy District, Gia Lai province

Item/object

Lid/Bowl (Klơ đơ̆p)

Techniques of production

Pottery – smoothing (wet clay)

Materials

Mineral-clay, Ceramic-pottery

Materials alt

Teh lơn (Bahnar for clay), Gŏ (Bahnar for pottery)

Museum name

British Museum

Museum collections documentation

2025,3002.5

Cultural context/event

General production

Location

Courtyard

Temporality

This action occures on leather-hard clay : the pot has dried for a few days, until it is hard enough to be manipulated without losing its shape but still flexible enough to modify that shape.

Date of creation

2023-09-09

Unique ID

2020SG03-K35-0603

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